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Jared Goyette
KyivJared Goyette is an American journalist based in Kyiv and an assistant editor on the Kyiv Independent’s War Desk. His reporting has appeared in The Nation and on PRI’s “The World,” and he previously served as the English-language editor for The Ukrainians Media. Earlier, he worked as a digital editor/reporter at FOX 9 in Minneapolis and received the Minnesota SPJ’s 2022 Peter S. Popovich Award. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Washington Post.
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Russia should 'begin preparations for full-scale nuclear tests immediately,' defense minister says
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said on Nov. 5 that Russia should begin immediate preparations to conduct full-scale nuclear tests.
Ukraine war latest: Ukraine says it halted Russian advance north of Pokrovsk
The 7th Rapid Response Corps said that assault and special operations units blocked an effort to cut a supply route between Pokrovsk and nearby Rodynske..
Ukraine rescues 17 children from occupation, Yermak says
Seventeen children and teenagers were rescued from temporarily occupied territories as part of the president’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post on Oct. 7.
Ukraine war latest: France announces more Mirage fighter jets, Tomahawk negotiations still ongoing, Starmer says
Hi, this is Jared Goyette reporting from a foggy Kyiv on day 1,339 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Today's top story so far:
French President Emmanuel Macron on Oct. 24 announced that his country would provide Ukraine with "additional Aster missiles, new training programs, and new Mirage" fighter jets in the coming days, without providing further details.
The Aster is a surface-to-air missile used in the SAMP/T air defenses. France has previously supplied Ukraine with the air defe
'Any one of us could have died' — Russian drone attack on Kyiv damages residential buildings, injures 7
A Russian drone attack injured four in Kyiv, damaged buildings, and set fires throughout the city late on Oct. 22
Ukraine urges UN to condemn Russian attack on UN aid convoy in Kherson Oblast
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged U.N. member states to condemn Russia’s Oct. 14 attack on a U.N. aid convoy in Kherson Oblast, which left one truck destroyed and another badly damaged.
Ukraine war latest: Russia's largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea is still on fire
Editor's note: This was Ukraine war latest for Oct. 14. You can find Ukraine war latest for Oct. 15 here.
Hi, this is Jared Goyette reporting from Kyiv on day 1,329 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Today's top story:
Russia's largest oil depot in occupied Crimea is still burning a day after being struck by Ukrainian drones, with a huge column of smoke visible from more than 25 kilometers away, local media reported on Oct. 14.
A source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) confirmed
